On Sunday 18 January 2015 06:00:55 Lisi Reisz did opine And Gene did reply: > On Saturday 17 January 2015 20:38:25 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 17 January 2015 13:04:09 Clive Standbridge did opine > > > > > It's a bit late now, but you might have had much lighter download > > > using the network installation CD. Three DVDs is about 13GB; I > > > doubt that most installations would be that big. With the network > > > installation you boot from a CD (222MB download) which then > > > downloads only the packages that will be installed. See > > > https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > > > Unfortunately, the last 9 debian/ubuntu flavored installs, on 4 > > machines here, have all ran up against Network-Mangler, which > > promptly tore down any attempts I successfully made to get it > > online. > > [snip] <rant against Network Mangler, us and the Universe> > You got the order right. :)
> Gene - > > I use the network install Debian CD and for years used static IPs. No > problem. When it gets to the point of looking for a network you ask to > set it up manually and do so. Home and dry. No problems. No Network > Mangler (If you *will* use Ubuntu what do you expect???). Network set > up how you want it. You just have to stay awake and not blindly click > <enter> or let the defaults go ahead willly nilly. ;-) > > Lisi We will see, sometime when its 5F outside this coming week. Thanks Lisi. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201501180632.36773.ghesk...@wdtv.com
